-Prologue- The forest was dark, but somehow the tall, thin man walking within it had no trouble finding his way. The same couldn't be said for the two young men who followed him. They continuously collided with trees and bushes in their haste to keep up with the other. Whilst the slender man did not make a single noise, the two men were loudly cursing as the hit brach after branch. Slenderman chuckled internally a this young proxies, a kind of enjoyment felt from every thump he heard.
"Sir... Will we be arriving soon?" The older of the two, the one who had been dubbed as 'Hoodie', asked quietly. His voice seemed to echo through the empty Forest, stirring up the sleeping creatures within it. The younger of his two apprentices, who was known as 'Masky' to the silly townsfolk, stumbled alongside the other man, grasping his shoulder to keep on his feet.
"Wary soon. Just be patient, child." The Slenderman's multilayered voice echoed through the proxies' heads, a soft static attached to the words. Both men hesitantly stumbled after their Operator, following him as they always had, and always would.
Soon enough, that had reached a small house on the edge of the forest, not quite close enough to town for true safety. The Slenderman turned to his proxies, his arms folded behind him. "I vant you to locate a specific artifact vrom the possession of this family. The item in question is causing their child to become homicidal. You'll know it ven you see it. Return to the Mansion ven you've completed your task.
"Yes Sir!" Both proxies set off, heading toward the cellar doors. Once they disappeared within it's confines, the Slenderman turned away, headed back toward their home, the large mansion that the others jokingly referred to as "HQ". He was halfway back to the building when he first smelt the smoke. He was shocked still for a moment as he realized that it was HIS mansion that was on fire. With an urgency he hadn't felt in a very long time, he continued toward the Mansion, swiftly moving through the trees.
By the time he had reached the clearing, the house was in flames...